News from Australia/New Zealand

April 19th - April 25th, 2025

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Saturday/Sunday - April 19th - 20th

• Will US tariffs sink Australia’s Aukus submarine delivery goals?

• Voters demand local candidates take clear stances on energy projects

• Coalition promises trial of child sex offender register

• Boothby is a relatively wealthy electorate, but voters still worry about the cost of living

• Tradie problem fuelling the housing crisis needs more than a quick fix

• Russia charges Aussie captured in Ukraine

• ‘Underestimated’ Albo’s race to finish line

• Abbie Chatfield’s attempt to swing the election

• Disaster week exposes Dutton’s big issue

• ‘Different’: Albo reveals the wedding fight he can’t win

• One thing Lambie regrets saying

• ‘Really unwell’: Illness set to soar

• Albo faces battle on key wedding issue

• Bob Katter drops wild Easter message

• Albo, Dutton share Easter messages

• Strong swells on Australia’s east coast claim 6 over Easter weekend

• Record number of flu cases eported across Australia with numbers expected to rise

 

Monday - April 21st

• Albo reveals how Aus will honour Pope

• Russia question Labor won’t answer

• Chaos as Sydney trains halted

• Britain and New Zealand to step up military ties as leaders meet

• Aussies pay tribute to Pope Francis following his death on Monday

• Russia question Labor won’t answer

• Climate 200-backed candidate 'unhinged', Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says

• Peter Dutton named winner by panel in third leaders' debate — as it happened

• Albanese and Dutton face another leaders debate tonight. Here's how to watch it

• Early voting is now open. Find out if you're eligible and where to vote where you are

• Three big disability issues the next government needs to address

• Sydney trains halted after Harbour Bridge incident sparking delays

• North Bondi RSL scraps tradition of two-up in 2025’s Anzac Day proceedings

 

Tuesday - April 22nd

• New Zealand party pushes for ‘biological’ definition of men, women

• Hastie returns to campaign, Australia sends politicians to pope's funeral

• The Coalition has a plan to lower Darwin airfares, but can it work?

• Farmers and paramedics demand improvements to patchy mobile signals

• Early voters smash first day record

• For more than 40 years, whoever wins this seat wins the election

• PM has been brandishing a Medicare card and Dutton is reaping what he sowed

• AEC moves to allay voter fears in WA after state election problems

• Choked roads a major issue for voters in Melbourne's north

• Six women strode into parliament in 2022. Now they want an army to join them

• Leaders vow to hold line on nuclear after the election in third debate

• 'Missing in action' Hastie returns as Coalition dials up defence spending

• Liberal candidate accuses Monique Ryan of releasing 'dirt file' on her

• A not-quite-suspended campaign sees leaders head to church

• Who is behind 47,000 anonymous pamphlets attacking Allegra Spender?

• How to vote in the federal election

• Australians gather to mourn Pope Francis

• Dutton is the ‘incredible shrinking man’

• Aussie towns immigrants refuse to live in

• ‘Disgust’: Boomers unleash on crying Aussies

• Winner of heated leaders’ debate revealed

• Bold pledge for Australia’s defence

• Chaos as Liberal truck rams voting centre

• Inside Pope Francis and Pell’s relationship

• Pledge to end ‘weaponised’ act against women

• Posters target actor accused of Nazi act: court

• Australia-based cardinal Mykola Bychok will join the conclave to elect a new pope

• First day of early voting smashes 2022 record

 

Wednesday - April 23rd

• How Atlas Network amassed a global network of free market think tanks and reached into Australia and New Zealand

• Peter Dutton’s late defence promise is driven by both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump

• Albo’s wild admission on opponent

• Sydney rocked by earthquake

• Super for housing sours among key voters

• Albo’s $1.2bn pledge amid tariff threat

• Shire of Coolgardie chief executive James Trail quits amid months-long suspension

• Liberals would scrap Labor plan to slash student debt by 20 per cent, plus EV subsidies, under Dutton government

• Over five decades, here’s how voters have shifted away from the major parties

• Shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie warns Australia can't take US alliance for granted under Trump

• Defence strategies in Australia's north in the spotlight after China's military build-up, reported Russian aircraft interest in Indonesia

• Mount Todd gold miner pleads guilty to damaging sacred site during drilling, after press release tip-off

• High-grade silver, lead and zinc found at Pinnacles Mine near Broken Hill

• Record gold prices attract a new rush of prospectors in Queensland

• Dutton confirms public service cuts limited to Canberra, which Labor says is 'impossible'

• ACT politicians hit out at Peter Dutton after commitment to cut Canberra-based public service jobs

• D-Day for politician’s cocaine shame

• Former SA opposition leader David Speirs convicted and fined over drug supply charges

• Eddie Obeid to keep $30 million made from corrupt coal licence deal

• How Geelong's green waste is feeding its most vulnerable residents

• Australia wants to be a critical minerals superpower, but China stands in the way

• The polls are open, but Australia's most remote voters are feeling 'forgotten'

• Anti-woke or a bit of fun? Where MAGA hats are hot items in Australia

• 'Appeals to a base of white men': Dutton tried Trump's workplace tactics

• Gina Rinehart calls for defence spend to rise to 5% of GDP — as it happened

• Preference deals could change who wins in some seats

• What the major parties' health funding pledges mean for you

• Voters swayed by cost of GP, dentist visits and the mental health crisis

• Politicians are throwing more money at GPs, so why are they unhappy?

• We've been promised more bulk-billing, but doctors say they can't deliver

• Dutton campaign backtracks on EV subsidy claim

• Coalition warns Australia can't take US alliance for granted under Trump

• 'Violent' vandalism targets women vying for election in NSW's west

 

Thursday - April 24th

• Australians and New Zealanders commemorate war dead on Anzac Day

• Early voting becomes new normal in Australia

• After years of urging, Pauline Hanson's daughter is running for One Nation

• Is there a 'moral argument' for rural Australians to pay less tax?

• Gallagher seeks fourth Senate win but concedes Pocock's popularity

• Anthony Albanese says dawn service disruptions are 'beyond contempt' — as it happened

• How Trump dealt himself a dud hand on rare earths

• Coalition vow to end EV lease discount may inflate prices $15K

• Kooyong forum descends into chaos after 'right-wing bullies' gatecrash

• Public service cuts only for Canberra, Dutton says, which Labor calls 'impossible'

• Coalition unveils $90m domestic violence strategy

• Australia wants to be a critical minerals superpower, but China stands in the way

• ‘Why are Aus troops training for China war?’

• Major city rocked by earthquake

• Jailed former NSW Labor minister to keep $30m from corrupt coal deal

• David Speirs has gone from alternative SA premier to convicted drug supplier

• Anzac Day controversy for Albo’s star

• ‘Nice haircut!’: Savage act after Teal’s sex joke

• ‘MAGA’ catch cries at Aus polling stations

• ‘Chill out’: Albo done with fall questions

• ‘Not a one-off’: Dutton responds to Nazi post

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Friday - April 25th

• ASX 200 jumps on US-China tariff talk

• ‘SLAP IN THE FACE’: Veteran, reporter clash over Anzac booing

• Leaders slam ‘appalling’ Anzac Day display

• Stunning moment at Dawn Service

• Dutton move that will kill Aussie EV industry

• Coalition vow to end EV lease discount may inflate prices $15K

• Early voting becomes new normal in Australia

• Gallagher seeks fourth Senate win but concedes Pocock's popularity

• Politicians respond to 'disgraceful' booing at dawn service

• The places political leaders have been avoiding this election

• 'Neo-nazis' condemned for disrupting Anzac Day service in Melbourne

• Climate change, housing, HECS debt reform top of mind for young voters

• Mental health support for Brooke's kids will win her vote

• The talk on the street in South Australia's most marginal seat

• As voter priorities shift, some women feel ignored by male politicians

• Five seats that could change the course of the election

• Macnamara seems like a 'very safe' Labor seat. It's not

• Australia needs to answer urgent questions about its defence budget

• Independents face a perilous choice this election

• What might our future power grid look like? This illustrated guide explains

• Federal WA seat 'vulnerable' after 50 years as safe Liberal territory

• Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton double down on weak spots

• Australian prime minister condemns anti-Indigenous rights protests during war dead commemorations